Extension-table



(No Model.)

L. OPPENHEIM.

EXTENSION TABLE. l No. 442,997. Patented Dee. 16, 1890.

Inventar:

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LUIS OFPENIIEIM, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SARAH OIPENHEIM, I OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,997, dated December 16, 1890.

Application filed .l'uly 17, 1890. Serial No. 359,076. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, LUIS OPPENHEIM, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Extension-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of zo this specification.

My invention relates to devices provided in connection with extensiolrtables to afford ready means for storing the extra detachable leaves of the table within the frame of the table itself without altering the usual appearance or construction thereof.

Heretofore, so far as I am aware, no receptacle for the reception of the leaves has been invented which has not been either cumbersome, complicated, or ungainly, or which has not been so connected or attached to the extension-slides or slide-bars as to weaken the table and interfere sooner or later with the operation of the slides by reason of the weight thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide, in any and all approved forms of extensiontables in which the detachable leaves are, as is nowcustomary, hinged in the middle to admit of reducing their length by folding them, a convenient receptacle for said folded leaves which shall be wholly independent and clear of the slides or moving parts of the table, so that these may be made as firm and strong as possible, be left free to work to the best advantage, be relieved of allextra weight, be secured at both ends directly to the fixed leaves of the table, and be re-enforced by lateral corner-blocks fixed both to the leaves and slide-bars.

It consists in the combination, with the fixed leaf or top board at one end of the table, of a receptacle for the extra leaves secured centrally to the under side of said fixed leaf in such manner as to permit the slide-barsat that end of the table to be carried under said leaf and secured directly thereto and to be strengthened by means of cornenbloeks with out impeding the movement of the slides under the leaf, the receptacle having an opening toward the middle of the table, all as is hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section, in line x a: of Fig. 2, of myimproved extension-table opened 5 5 out, but with the two detachable leaves stored away in the receptacle therefor. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, partly in horizontal section,in lineyg/ of Fig. l. Fig. 3 isa transverse section in line .e z of Fig. 2. 6

Similar letters indicate like parts in all of the figures.

A A represent the fixed top leaves or end boards, B B the hinged end leaves, C C the legs, and D D D2 the extension-slides, ofA an 6 5 ordinary two-leaf extension-table.

The end slides D and D2 at the opposite ends of the table are respectively secured directly to the underside of its fixed end leaves A A, as shown in Fig. 2, the intermediate 7o slides D being supported by said end slides, thus avoiding the necessity of a central leg.

E E are the two extra detachable leaves which complete the table-top when it is extended to its full length. Each of said leaves 7 5 is divided midwayits length, (see dotted lines, Fig. 2,) and the two parts are hinged together end to end, so that the leaf may be folded and doubled upon itself, as shown in Fig. 3. lVhen these detachable leaves are moved 8o from the table, the table may be reduced in length in the customary manner by pushing the ends toward each other until the fixed leaves A A are broi'xght together, the two inner slides l) D at one end of the extensionframe being made thereby to move in between the next two slides D D', and these in turn between the-outer slides D2 D2 at the outer end of the frame until the front ends of the inner slides D D are carried wholly within 9o the outer slides D2 Di and under the fixed leaf A at that end of the table to which said outer slides D2 are secured. The slides are guided and supported in their movement in the usual manner by lateral pins on the one set projecting into lateral longitudinal grooves m in the other, both the inner and outer set of guides being not only rigidlyand firmly secured to the table, but also re-en-s forced by means of lateral corner-blocks F F. 10o

In the particulars thus far described the table differs in its construction from the extension-tables in general use in the manner of securing the slide-bars thereto, which permits the table to be very strongly and firmly made and joined in all its parts.

For the purpose of conveniently storing` away the extra folding' leaves when the table is to be reduced in length, I construct a receptacle for them under the fixed leaf at one or both ends of the table by securing to the under side of the leaf, and between the slidebars fixed to said leaf, side pieces G G, (see Fig. 3,) to depend therefrom parallel wlththe sides of the table and at such a distance from each fixed slide-bar D2 as to leave an intervening space within which the remaining' slides D D may pass in under the fixed leaf, the space between the side pieces G G for the receptacle beingY sufficient to receive the length of the detached leaves E IC when folded. 'lhelower edges of the sidepieces G G are united by a front transverse strip ll, and lateral strips Il ll are also attached to said lower edges to forni ledges parallel therewith. The strips ll ll Il form ineffeet an open frame, serving as the betteln of the receptacle,its` rear end beingclosed by the end piece L of the table and its front left open to admit of putting in and taking` out the folded leaves therefrom. The depth of the receptacle is sufficient to permit two folded leaves E E to be placed therein. Vv'hen more than two leaves are required, a second receptacle maybe formed in like manner under the fixed leaf A at the opposite end of the table.

If preferred, the bottom of the receptacle for the folded extension-leaves may be closed by asolid piece instead of by the frame formed by the strips ll ll, and a narrow front strip or cleat M may be secured vertically across the front end of the receptacle close to the bottoni thereof, as shown in Figs. l and 2, to prevent the leaves from slidinpr forward out of it. The weight of the detached extensionleaves when placed in this receptacle is supported wholly by the fixed leaf A and the frame of the table without interference with the movement of the extension-slides D D D2, which are left as free to operate as if the extra leaves were wholly removed from the table, and to close up equally under both leaves without the necessity of a central leg or support therefor.

I claim as my inventionl. rl'he Combination,with an extension-table having,` detachable folding` extension-leaves, of the extension slide-bars rigidly secured to each fixed leaf of the table and a receptacle for said extension-leaves formed or fixed under either fixed leaf, to be wholly supported thereby between and independent of the slidebars fixed thereto, whereby the movable slides are left free to close in under both fixed leaves without intermediate support and free from the weight of the extension-leaves, sub` stantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, in an extension-table, of the extension-frame and slides supported upon suitable legs, the fixed top leaves rig:- idly secured upon and fixed to the underlying` slide-bars at each end, the detachable folding' leaves, and the receptacle for said leaves depending from the under side of one of the fixedleavesindependently of the frame and in position to be embraced between the movable slides when the table is closed, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have sig-ned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LI'IS OPPICNIIEIM. Witnesses:

A. N. JEsBsRA, ld. M. WATSON. 

